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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1911)
13 TTTE 31011X1X0 OHEGOyiATT. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911. Sale of S4.QO Neo Corsets at g2.QO-Ertire StocK Fxrs Reduced-le of Christmas Silverware 'Tf 'llT Parisian Ivory TolTeTerushesirrors, Combs, Etc., Sale of Velvet HadbagsjHaiptgu SKoppiiB' Early Red Cross Seals on 1st Fl. Put Them on Your Xmas PacKages . This will be your moet generous (rift to tuttering humanity. The booth will bo in charge of Miss Anita Burns. Stamps will b sold in the morning by Miss Muckle. in the afternoon by Misses Sallie Hart and Clementine Lambert. Xmas Candies Large assortment of fancy Boxes to be filled to your order with our splendid O. W. K. Candies. They are made fresh daily. Try them. Tlhe T3igj EcoBOgpy Store) 1 ' .. , ii - O Ms, W o rtm (f llV T. "T" Holiday Sale of Women's Aj: a. Coats, Waists, D tnars, Sweaters, Petticoats, Etc. Entire StocK Ready-to-Wear Apparel at Reduced Prices $4.QO Sweaters for $2.79 S5.QO Waists Only $2.19 S6.5Q Waists Only 3.98 SIO.OO Petticoats $4.49 Dresses for $13.95 S40.00 Suits for $19.95 S27.5Q Suits Only $1295 S25.QO Coats Only $11.95 &35.QO Coats for $14.95 S38.5Q Coats for $21.95 TSie Great "SilK Hose Event An Extraordinary Sale Authorized ry me mnumumC4 OvviSillillose-'OyKiiS Fr Wnmen II For Men S1.50 SilK Hose $LOO w-.? so n-u, gtt&ZSXLZSl SSSTSSS St .VEii. -p"" 1 S2.00 SilK Hose $1.35 Fmhroidered SilK Hose - 1 - e Black Silk ITose with lisle top and sole; hand-embroidered m very oeauiixui uo- Shop early in the month, early the week, early in the day. That will be your greatest gift to the workers behind the counters and on the delivery wagons. Now is a good time to begin. Select while the stocks are full. Take advantage. Merchandise Bonds on Sale We sell merchandise bonds for any amount for Christmas gifts. Par ties having accounts in this store may have the bonds charged, same as merchandise.. Ask about them. T AO Grade Sl.lO An exertional showing of beautiful gift Iloie, machine embronlcred; black, white, pink and sky shades, all self-embroidered; the most extraordinary values at $1.50 the pair; specialized Cl ill signs in self colors; also the same qual ity in black, white, bronze, pink, sky and tan; self blocked; our C 1 9C regular $1.75 values, special N x t .u;. ..la at nnlv. the nair r S3.00 Embroidered SilK Hose $1-95 7 , , wV w.nl "oualitr " It's an extraordinary offering of St Embroidered SilK Hose $2.85 7 fc , f flll will select from this line of Silk Hose. A superb selec- to $5.00 grades, specialized ounng " " ' ' - $1.75, $2.25 Sox $1.35 An attractive and most acceptable Christmas gift for a man would be a pair" or a box of these beautiful socks, black or plain colors, self or colored docking; our best regular C "I OC $1.75 to $2.25 values, special, only P SilK Sox $1.00 An extra special quality of men's plain black and eolored Half Ilose that will outwear one's expectations. Buy all you want of themdjl during this special sale at, the pair, pnly r SilK Hose 50c Extra fins quality of pure thread Silk Hose, full fashioned, with lisle soles; in CO 0 black and colors; special, 6 pairs for e'a-eeJ W SilK Sox 50c An extraordinary showing of men's Half Hose in black and all the leading colors, suitable for Christmas gifts. Priced exceedingly low CQC during this sale special, the pair, ovljJV, SilK Hose 25c 2000 pairs of men's pure thread Silk Hose in black, tan, gray, heliotrope and BuT"2Sc gundy; $1.35 for sir pairs, or, the pair "'"'' McCallum SilK Hose $1 A superior quality of black and all the lead- . ... . i . i i Q-t ing colors, wltn lisie tnreaa eoies, i?i.ui; A Clean Sweep in. tlie- Millinery Store All Knox Hats Are Reduced Vz All Trimmed Hats, Except Knox, Vz Price Entire StocK of Fancy Feathers at l2 Price Our Entire Stock Ostrich Plumes at 4 Off Our Entire StocK Paradise Goods at V4 Off All Novelty Dress Hat Shapes at 2 Price An unparalleled sale worthy of the careful investigation of every thrifty woman in Portland No matter what your requirements in headgear might be we can supply them at great savings to you. .Practically everything in the Millinery Store is on sale at reduced prices this week. 35c Cretonnes 23c fr-i. nS; o'c rf 35c bcnms ZZc j iewina Xables Patterns include Martha Washington, Sheraton and Post Colonial. All perfect types, reduced for this sale as follows: $20.00 Mahogany Sewing Tables now priced at only $15.50 $21.00 Mahogany sewing Taoies now pncea at omy xo.uu m 1 . 1 !? eTs.r f A remarkable offering of beautiful decorative Cretonnes in a splendid variety of neat and at tractive designs in floral and conventional ef fects. New, artistic colorings; 35o grades, 23c offered special daring this. sale at only Scrim Fancy art patterns, ecru and white grounds with pretty floral borders and plain cen ters; full 36 inches wide; regular 35522c grades, very special for this sale, yard Lace Curtains $6 Grades 33.15 White Irish Point Lace Curtains, made of the best quality net, with rich floral borders and plain net centers; 45 inches wide, 3 ffO 1C yards long; regular $8 grades, for S',lu $3.50 Portieres $1.75 A sample line of single art crash Portieres with artistio stenciled borders, in green, blue, crimson and tan, suitable for single door drapes or couch eovers. Our best $3.50 values, spe- " 7C cial during this sale at only, each . Bargain Circle 10,000 Men's SilK Ties' at 25c On the bargain circle, between the elevators, a sale of 10,000 men's new Silk Ties, all pleasing patterns, in the open-end and reversible shapes, plain, Barathea or fancy figured 6ilk ties in all the leading plain shades and hobble knit ef fects; fancy batwings and graduated club ties, also a handsome new line of 6ilk shield bows in medium and dark colors. The best O'ip of all Christmas ties. Your choice for''' V -r- " o j o & x 1 , $28.00 Mahogany Sewing Tables bargainized at only $22.00 . . mm n .1 J. 1 Trt4" 4"fc4"k $32.50 Mahogany Sewing Tables bargainized at only $26.00 - . . . mil n ooo em $10.UU Manogany sewing xaoies seumg xxuw umj .uu $42.00 Mahogany Sewing Tables during this sale at $34.50 Of eat Sal e Beoomg $4.50 BlanKets, Pair $3.45 $7.00 BlanKets, Pair 4-95 Good White "Wool Blankets with pink or blue borders, extra largizes. $9.00 BlanKets $5.95 $10.00 BlanKets 56.95 Very fine quality "White "Wool Blankets with slight mill defects, but wear ing quality is perfect Prepare for the "Winter now at great savingx $2.50 Comforts $1.95 $2.75 Comforts $2.25 $3.00 Comforts $2.35 $3.50 Comforts $2.95 Downaline Comforts, covered with best quality silkoline yarn tied; nriit iinH fluff v and warm. Take advantage of the preat savings offered. v. - . ' BROADWAY BRIDGE BIOS IN TANGLE . A. Wakefield Complains That Tenders Are Handled by 'Unfair Method. REJECTION MAY BE ASKED Plaint I That Offer Are Made on Colt Baola Instead of Lump 6am jl. Fptclfled Pennjrrnl, Firm ! lioweM. Compllaatlona s.t In xtftordir on th. tbulat!on of bid. for th. Broad war trt3g. which may termlnat. la aom. of th. contractor, demanding r adr.rtl.vm.nt tor blda on a lump-sum baala. Tb.r also mar eek rejtctmfnt of all th. blda which ha v. bn tub mlttl on a unit basla, Incladlnr th blda of th. Pennsylvania Steel Com pAnr. which ar. on all th. type, of bas cul. provided In th. .pMlflcatlona, and which areras;. t51.00i lower than th. blda of th.lr competitor. Robert A. Wakefield appeared before th. bridle committee of tb. Executive Board yes terday and declared that the specifi cations called for lamp-sum bids and that th. bids ar. being handled on th. nnlt baala. H. said th. method la un fair. Th. only thin which. It Is thought, will stand In th. way of th. con tractor. demands being pressed Is that th. Pennsylvania company's blda ar. much lower than all th. other bids, and probably would remain lower than tb. others If new bids were submitted. Mr. Wakefield declared that all th. other contractor ar. willing that th. Pennsylvania company b. awarded tha contract at th. prlc of Its bid. as they considered th. prlc. aztr.rn.ly low. Blda Baaed M Weight. Th. tabulation of tha bids aa com pleted yesterday was on a unit basla. and th. figure, aa compiled show th. bids of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany to b. higher than th. total amount of the blda aa aubmltted. This ts because th. tabulation committee established a heavier weight for th. brldg. than figured on by tb. contract ing companlaa making tha blda. Tha eatlmated welghta of tha bridge, aa contained In th. bids of all th. con tractors, war. averaged and established as tha probable weight of tha bridge. Tb. cost on th. basis of each con-tractora- bid was .stabllshed on this average weight. It la said tha average weight established Is but a Uifl. over th. weight as announced by Engineer Modjeakl as tha weight which would b. necessary. Th. average established was 14.96S.000 pounds. Th. bid of tha Pennsylvania com pany showed a unit prlc much lower than th. other companies that bid on parts of th. brldg.. . On th. weights, as eatlmated. th. tabulated tendera of tha Tarloua bld dera ar. as follows: On Btrauss doalgn of bascule Penn sylvania Eteel Company. $744.15.SS: Robert A. Wakefield. $73.T0J.S0; Sound Construction Engineering Company. IS47.I2S.1S; I'nlted States Steel Products Company. 180M8S.70. On Rail baacui. design Pennsylvania Steel Company. I4J1.77T.1S; Robert A. Wakefield. I744.04s.80; United State Steel Products Company. $7S.ilS.7S. On -Strauss Modified design Penn sylvania Steel Company. S705.4J1.S5; Robert A. Wakefield. S764.MS.80; United States Steal Products Company. $768. 1440. On Sher-aer baaonle design Pennsyl vania Steel Company. 700.448.S5. The Pennsylvania company waa the only concern which bid on all the types of bascule. The Sound company bid only on the official Strauaa design. ll.-aje.kl t. elt Plaa. There Is a great deal of contention among the holders of patents on the various types of bascule bridges as to which type will be accepted. Repre sentativea of three types are In the olty and have presented the advantages of their plane to the bridge committee. These will be forwarded to Engineer Modjeskl. who will check the various types and recommend the adoption of one. At least two of the types sub mitted are said to fall below specifica tions. , Rivalry among the competitors la aald to be particularly keen because of the else of the Broadway bridge. It will be the largest bascul. brldg. of this par ticular kind In th. world, saya City En gineer Hurlburt. Union labor will oppose letting of the contract to the Pennsylvania com pany. It Is declared, because that com pany la fighting for the "op.n shop." Officers of th. local union of Struo tural Bridge and Ironworkera declare that the low bid on the Broadway work Is made by the Pennsylvania company for the express purpose of obtaining the contract and making an attack against union labor In Oregon. Secre tary Conley. of the Ironworkers, says the Pennsylvania concern will Import n lsxge fore of men to build the bridge and will use no local union labor. Labor union men win appear before the bridge committee to ask that the Pennsylvania company be required to employ union labor on the bridge If It wine the contract. t-aorle Idand. In Bootla Bay. U thaaoata t irTin . lababitaa. la th. vorld. LUMBER TRUST SEEN Alex Poison, of Hoquiam, Says Retailers Have Combine. SHIP LAWS ALSO BLAMED Big Grays) Harbor Timber Owner Declares Manufacturers Are at Mercy of Monopoly Snr plna Deemed Menace. A strong combination of retailers In th. Middle West Is one of the. condi tions that affeot seriously the lumber Industry In Oregon and Washington, said Alex Poison, of Hoquiam, Wash., yesterday. Another Influence toward low prices la due to the obsolete navi gation laws of thla country, he said. Mr. Poison Is on. of th. largest log gers and timber owners on Orays Har bor and Is also an extensive lumber manufacturer. He Is Interested In the Lumbermens National Bank, of Port land. "Manufacturers In this territory are at the m.roy of this combination of re tailers, of which Edward Hlnea, of Chi cago, la at th. head," said Mr. Poison. "As far as that part of our product which Is ahlpped into that territory is concerned, we must reckon with this trust of retailers. The situation can not be remedied until our manufactur ers associate themselves and sell their own lumber. 9ea Lam Also Blamed. "Another condition that seriously af fects Paclflo Coast lumber manufac turers Is due to our navigation laws. If we bad the same privilege of char tering foreign bottoms and could be put on the same footing with manu facturers In British Columbia and oth er portions of Canada, w. would today b. shipping around th. Horn to the Atlantic seaports. Instead of waiting for the Panama Canal. We could be selling our cheaper grades of lumber at a reasonable profit to our own people In the East, who would be glad to get It. Instead of that we are furnishing In many Instances below the cost of production, lumber to the Chinese, Jap anese and Australians and other for eign peoples. This will be even worse when the canal Is opened, because Ca nadian manufacturers can ship to our market on th. Atlantic Coast . under much more favorable terms than . we unless our marine laws- are changed before that time. Almost the entire American merchant marine has been driven from the high seas. Why v i. hrlne onr shins MVb .UUQ .V " .V - back? Why give all our cheap lumber to foreigners Instead of to our own peopleT It Is time for lumber manufac turers and timber owners to get busy. Surplus WelgBts Prleea. "With free ships we would be en abled to ship our low-grade lumber, on which railroad freight rates are prohibitive, to the East. Since the common lumber Is two-thirds of the log and this lumber Is kept out of the Eastern market now by high freight rates. It can readily be seen what an advantage this would be. "As far aa local conditions are ootw cerned, prices are held down now by the enormous surplus of logs on the Columbia River. On Puget Sound they are working from hand to mouth, as you might say. The aupply Just kseps up with the consumption, and there la no surplus. On Orays Harbor there Is a small surplus, but It Is not large enough to affect prices. On -Wlllapa Harbor the mllla are cutting their own logs and a shortage prevails. There are no Independent loggers on WlUapa Harbor. "The Columbia River surplus at present Is between 260.000,000 and Z75. 000.000 feet. Puget Sound manufactur ers are afraid to raise prices In the faoe of this condition, because they feel that with their large supply of logs the Columbia River mills would be able to control the market by price cutting. . . "However. I look for Improvement tn prices In the Spring. This local sur plus will be wiped out by that time, because the logging camps are clos ing down on account of the large sup ply of loga and also on account of snow In the mountains. Freight rates are growing higher, and this also will cause a stiffening In prices. It Is hard to get ships to handle the California and off-shore business." E a Griggs, of the St. Paul & Ta coma Lumber Company, who Is In the city In attendance upon the annual meeting of the Northwest Forest Fire Association. Is of the 'Opinion that the lumber Industry In the Northwest will grow much stronger within the next few months. Lower stocks of retailers and widening of the market are among reasons for the prospeotlvo stiffening of the market. SLY HUNTERS "EXPOSED" Patrolman Sloan Bays Detectives Didn't KeallT Shoot Game. After posing for more than a year as the champion hunters of the Polloe Department. Captain of Deteotlves Baty and former Patrolman Gruber. are ex posed. The fraudulent laurela they have worn for a cycle of the seasons were snatched away when Patrolman Sloan returned from the scene of their alleged exploits. - Sloan, after the manner of hunters, t had promised every one of his ac quaintances a goose when he returned and among them Acting Chief Slover. "I haven't seen that goose yet. Sloan," said the aotlng Chief. "Honest, Chief, I didn't get a one," "You're a fine hunter; why, when Baty and Gruber were up at Arlington last year, they got over 70." "They never killed a bird," said Sloan, solemnly. Then he went on to relate the story he heard in Arlington. He said that Baty and Gruber lay In the blinds and banged away for hours, till Gruber exhausted his ammunition and his patience. Then he sneaked away up town, where he bought a bird and exhibited It to Baty as his spoil. The detective chief, not to be outdone, slipped away and bought two. Gruber met the rise and went his superior twtf better. "And Til be hanged," said Sloan, "if they didn't keep It up that way till they bought every goose for sals In Arlington." Captain Baty says the story la m slander. Gruber has gone to the Tilla mook country. JThe land with the natural flavor of the tomato "keeps11 after it is opened TO 1 1 n Ket Lapel Contains only those ingredients Recognized and Endorsed by the U. S. Government Remsen Scientific Expert Referee Board Rttlonal Association State Food and Dairy Commissioners Made from red-ripe tomatoes fresh from the field combined with pure spices, prepared in cleanly kitchens. 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